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Hey I was gonna order new weather stripping for vent windows from LMC,I noticed one side just pushes in.But the other side has rivets. anybody replace these how does it work.

Its as you say. One side is rivited and can be a pain. A lot of guys glue those on and some are sucessful with the rivets. I used some adhesive on mine and so far so good..... it is an AD style isn't it?

I musta lucked out on mine. I replaced them in my '54 last month. The rivets in the rigid rubber seal and the pivot rivet went in without much problem. Suggest you buy extra rivets for the seal and for the pivot. You may not need them, but it gives peace of mind.

I used a piece of 3/8" plate in my vice to back up the rivets. The plate fits inside the vertical window track. Set them with the little rivet tool from the parts supplier and a hammer.

I thought that I could replace the seals without removing my vent glass/frames. Wrong. You must remove them in order to replace the rubber seal around the vents. And it makes setting the rivets easier, too.

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awesome guys thanx.

I clamp a 1964-1966 truck door hinge in the vise and use the edge to set the rivets.One of these days I will take step by step pictures of the process.Sometimes a extra set of hands make the job easier.


Tim